COVID-19: Bayelsa bars persons coughing, sneezing from boarding buses

The Bayelsa State Government has barred persons coughing, sneezing or showing any sign of respiratory infection from boarding any commercial vehicles and boats in the state. This was contained in a statement on Monday by the Permanent Secretary, Ministry of ...

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See Samuel Eto’o emotional message to Ronaldinho as he turns 40 in jail

Samuel Eto’o posted an emotional birthday message to Ronaldinho as the Brazilian football legend spent his 40th birthday in a Paraguayan jail. Together at Barcelona, Samuel Eto’o and Ronaldinho won two Champions League titles, four La Liga, one Copa del ...

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My son did not attend Ibadan PDP rally – Atiku

Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has reacted to reports that his son refused to isolate himself upon return. Atiku had on Sunday revealed that his son tested positive for the deadly disease. He said he has been moved ...

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Bus passenger coughs, collapses and dies during a stopover

A 30-year-old passenger who was aboard a Mombasa-bound bus from Nairobi is said to have collapsed and died at the Mtito Andei stopover. According to the police report, the man started coughing, collapsed and died. Police said the incident was ...

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Nigeria international, Dayo Ojo kidnapped by gunmen

  Football players Dayo Ojo and Benjamin Iluyomade have been kidnapped by gunmen, according to a press statement from Nigeria Professional Football League outfit, Enyimba. The incident took place on Sunday along the Benin-Owo expressway as the trio of Ojo, Iluyomade and Emmanuel ...

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COVID- 19: Borno bans visits to IDPs camps

Borno Government has imposed a four-week ban on visitors to all Internally Displaced Persons Camp (IDPs) camps in the state. The move is the strategy to containing the outbreak of the virus in the state. The Chairperson of the State ...

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COVID-19: IGP Mohammed Adamu warns Nigerians against unnecessary visits to police stations

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu has warned Nigerians against social visits to police stations nationwide. According to a series of tweets by the Nigeria Police, the IGP also cautioned the citizens to minimise official visits to police stations, ...

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Atiku Abubakar’s daughter speaks on brother’s infection

One of the daughters of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has reacted to her brother testing positive for coronavirus in a video saying, her brother Mohammed Abubakar didn’t deliberately spread COVID-19 in Abuja has been speculated. While addressing Nigerians, she said ...

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FG to use military and police to enforce social distancing

The federal government of Nigeria has said it will deploy the military and police to enforce social distancing as part of efforts to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus disease. Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed, disclosed this while briefing ...

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COVID-19: Nigeria shuts land borders to humans

The federal government has announced immediate closure of all its borders to human traffic. The announcement comes as Nigeria recorded 36 cases of COVID-19, including one death. The Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, stated this ...

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Ay Comedian show off his kitchen (video)

Lol, yes i said it (jokes). So Ay Comedian and his family are also staying at home to avoid contracting the deadly bug. AY shared the video implying one of the good reasons to stay at home for him is ...

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Coronavirus: Ebonyi bans wedding, burial, other ceremonies

The Ebonyi State government has banned all forms of public gathering in the state for one month. Deputy Governor Dr Kelechi Igwe announced the ban on Monday during a town hall meeting at the International Conference Centre in Abakaliki. He ...

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BRT passengers defy social distancing rule as they scramble for seats

Passengers at most of the Bus Rapid Transport (BRT) terminals today scrambled for position in buses in defiance to the social distancing directive passed by the state government. In the wake of rapidly increasing cases of Coronavirus disease in the ...

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Court grants Oyo-Ita, others bail over Coronavirus fears

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Monday, arraigned the former Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, and two others before a Federal High Court, Abuja. The two others are one Garba Umar and Ubong Effiok. They were arraigned alongside six ...

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Peace deal: Sokoto bandits surrender weapons, cows

The peace deal reached with bandits in Sokoto State has resulted in the surrender of weapons and recovery of over 300 cows, the State’s Commissioner for Security Matters Col. Garba Moyi (rtd) has disclosed in an interview with Dailytrust. Commenting ...

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Truck crushes motorcyclist to death in Osun

A commercial motorcyclist, whose identity could not be immediately ascertained, was on Sunday crushed to death by a truck in Osogbo, Osun State. The crash occurred at the popular Olaiya junction around 5.15pm, when a truck coming from the Ogo ...

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Pictured! Man kills wife’s suspected lover in Ogun

Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 35-year-old man, Habeeb Kasali, for allegedly killing his wife’s suspected lover, Bamidele Johnson. Kasali was reported to have used a pair of scissors to stab Johnson several times in his ...

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NSCDC arrests four for exam malpractices in Nasarawa

Four persons have been apprehended by the operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Nasarawa State for alleged involvement in examination malpractices. They were apprehended on Saturday during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination. Parading the suspects at ...

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Veteran Spanish opera singer tests positive for coronavirus

Spanish opera singer Placido Domingo has announced through a Facebook post that he has coronavirus and is in self-isolation. In his statement, Domingo, 79, urged others to be ‘extremely careful’ and follow the basic guidelines of hand washing and social ...

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COVID-19 deadlier than boko haram – SGF Boss Mustapha

The Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha has described the COVID-19 pandemic as deadlier than the Boko Haram insurgency in the northeast and other criminal activities in other parts of the country. He made the remark ...

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Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma sends coronavirus prevention materials to Africa (photos)

Chinese billionaire, Jack Ma who co-founded Alibaba Group a multinational technology conglomerate, has sent some coronavirus prevention materials to Africa. This support includes 1.1million testing kits, 6million masks & 60,000 protective suits to be distributed throughout Africa.  Already Rwanda has ...

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Three pastors arrested for flouting LASG’s directive

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said that three pastors were arrested but later released on Sunday for allegedly conducting church services in deviance to the Lagos State Government {LASG}’s  order. Deputy Commissioner of Police Mohammed Ali in charge ...

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Bauchi State Governor in self-isolation after contact with Atiku’s son

Bauchi Governor Bala Mohammed is now in self-isolation over fears of contracting coronavirus after his contact with the son of Atiku Abubakar, the state’s Chief of Staff, Ladan Salihu said. Through his Twitter handle this afternoon, Dr. Salihu explained that ...

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